08-10-2007, 11:39 AM | #1 |
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MODIFIED EXHAUST SYSTEM BAN IN THE WORKS
Is anyone on here from Massachusetts?
How long till this applys to stock loud exhust? like the Camaro and them SRT-8 Dodges brought up in another thread. SEMA eNews, Vol. 10, No.32 - Aug 09, 2007 MODIFIED EXHAUST SYSTEM BAN TO BE CONSIDERED IN MASSACHUSETTS After being stalled by SEMA for the last several years, a bill to ban the sale or installation of "an exhaust system which has been modified in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the exhaust" was reintroduced and has been scheduled for an October hearing in the Massachusetts Legislature. The measure does not supply law enforcement with a clear standard to enforce, allowing them to make subjective judgments on whether or not a modified exhaust system is in violation. For additional information, see www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=62241 Another article from Jalopnik.com below regarding this. http://jalopnik.com/cars/i-got-your-...ust-287920.php . |
08-10-2007, 12:08 PM | #2 |
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Well that sucks! If the police don't have any guide to go by, then it's just another loop-hole to let them ticket sports cars...or spud-shooter ricers...
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08-10-2007, 12:50 PM | #3 |
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The noise must've been waking up Ted Kennedy after one of his binges
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08-10-2007, 12:57 PM | #4 |
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Welcome to Virginia! It's been like that here for as long as I've lived here...it's a true pain in the ass. Mostly they bother the imports though, the domestics rarely have to worry about it.
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08-10-2007, 01:01 PM | #5 |
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I live in Virginia and I've never heard of that here. I've had friends who were ticketed for "Disturbing the Peace" because of their sound systems, but never exhaust. If it really is a law here I'm going to have to tip off a few officers about the annoying ass motorcycles that go past my house at all hours of the day and night. They're so loud you can't hear the TV in the basement when they go by.
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08-10-2007, 01:05 PM | #6 |
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Why does that make me tickle on the inside?
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08-10-2007, 01:17 PM | #7 | |
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They're so bad that when I first started doing stuff to the Accord in 2001, it was just lowered with an intake tube on it, I got pulled over for improper exhaust. I told him the exhaust was 100% stock from the factory. He said there's no way because he heard me accelerating. I told him he probably heard the intake. He said the exhaust has a chrome tip on it. I literally laughed at him and explained that all Hondas have a chrome little cover over the exhaust, just that they usually rust off in a couple years and mine gets washed regularly so it's still shiny. He argued with me for 15 minutes about it and finally gave up. But there are plenty of stories around of being given tickets for improper equipment. The Virginia Statute (I can look it up if you don't believe me, I don't feel like it at the moment) states that ANY MODIFICATION TO THE VEHICLE NOT FROM THE FACTORY is illegal and may be fined. And I was fined, pretty extensively. |
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08-10-2007, 01:34 PM | #8 |
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besides the weather being colder than shit in the winter time....this is just yet another reason why i will never.....ever.....move north!!
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08-10-2007, 01:35 PM | #9 |
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Talk about Fun-suckers...
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08-10-2007, 01:38 PM | #10 |
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Eh, no problem with me. I love the subtle sounds of stock exhausts, especially on V8's. I live in Florida, so I doubt something serious like will happen.
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08-10-2007, 01:51 PM | #11 | |
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I agree with the motorcycle thing....the worst part is the guy across the street from me and his buddies will sit there and rev up their "legal" motorcycles at midnight or later. I wouldn't bother me so much if I didn't have 3 little kids that were trying to sleep. Even if you call the cops, and IF they respond to the call, they won't/can't really do anything about it. The cops around here only bother the people they want to bother. Everyone else gets ignored. Even if you do something illegal right in front of a cop (not stopping on a red before making the right turn, running left turn arrows, running red lights (really bad around here lately), etc, they just turn an uninterested eye to it. Unless of course you're one of the people they want to bother. Then they nail you for everything. In my old Camaro (3rd Gen RS with t-tops), I was driving around with my girlfriend and the cop literally passed us going the other way and made a u-turn in the middle of the street to follow us. I wasn't doing anything illegal, so I just kept going. He finally flipped on his lights, so I pulled over. I took off my seatbelt to get my wallet out, and he comes up and says he pulled me over for not having my seatbelt on. I said I had it on until you pulled me over. He says he couldn't see it so I pointed out to him that my car has these little "brackets" attached to the side of the upper part of the seat. The seatbelt attached to the B-pillar came down through those brackets so that they would line up properly for coming across your shoulder. Because of that, it may have looked like I didn't have my seatbelt on, but I did (too make it worse, the seatbelt thing at the time was a secondary offense...meaning they had to pull you over for something else to write you a ticket for it). He took my info and went back to his car....sat for like 15 minutes, came back, gave me my info back and told me to keep the speed down and buckle up, and then he walked away before I could say anything. That was back when cops around here were known to hassle Camaro/Firebird/Mustang drivers just because they could. Come to think of it, I'm not sure that's changed....remind me again why I want to get a new Camaro..... http://www.bobmcdormanchevrolet.com/09camconv.html Nevermind, no more reminder necessary. |
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08-10-2007, 04:36 PM | #12 |
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LOL @ last line.
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08-10-2007, 07:43 PM | #13 |
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